This is an analysis of the poem One Day that begins with:

People will touch and talk perhaps easily,
And loving be natural as breathing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cX dc dX ba ba eX eXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101100 1100100110 11111 11000101 110100 01111111 110 011011101 001 11001011 101110 1100100110 101110 10101111 01011110 110010110 100010 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, even are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of One Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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